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Africa RISING M&E Expert Meeting

5-7 September 2012
Large auditorium, ILRI Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
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Agenda


Timing
 Session
 Resource person [presenter, chair or facilitator]
8.30
 Introduction:
  • Welcome
  • Participants' introduction
  • Agenda
 [P] Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere (IFPRI)
[C] Peter Thorne (ILRI)
[F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
9.15
 [P] Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI)
[P] Joseph Rusike (IITA), Naomie Sakane (IFPRI/MSU)
9.45
 Plenary discussion (meeting agenda, overall research design, M&E,...)
 [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
10.30
 Break
11.00
 Status of research planning in the three project zones:
 [C] Sieg Snapp (MSU)
[F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
[P] Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon (IITA), Asamoah Larbi (IITA)
[P] Peter Thorne (ILRI)
[P] Mateete Bekunda (IITA), Regis Chikowo (MSU)
13.00
 Lunch break
14.00
 Data platform session:
 [C] Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI)
[F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
[P] Christopher Legg (IFPRI)
[P] Ryan Whitley, Jubal Harpster (SpatialDev)
15.30
 Break
16.00
 Feedback on site characterization, selection and monitoring tools
  • Plenary clarification questions (15')
  • Group discussion about (45')
    • Tools
    • Site characterization
  • Plenary feedback (15')
 [C] Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI)
[F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
Group animators:
Ryan Whitley, Jubal Harpster (SpatialDev) on tools
Christopher Legg (IFPRI) and An Notenbaert (ILRI) on site characterization
17.15
 Final impressions for day 1
 [P] Sieg Snapp (MSU)
[F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
17.30
 Close
18.30
 Social event



Day 2
8.45
 Recap day 1 and program day 2
Presentation of group work from previous days (see Feedback on site characterization, selection and monitoring tools)
 [C] Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI) and Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
Groups to report back
9.30
 Differentiating M&E for more effective M&E
 [C] Mateete Bekunda (IITA)
[P] Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI)
[P] Gary Ender (IFPRI/Abt Associates)
[P] Joseph Rusike (IITA) & Peter Thorne (ILRI)
10.45
 Break
11.15
 Group work session on evaluation, methods and responsibilities for M&E in Africa RISING I (105'):
  • What are the most important questions we need to ask ourselves and how can we use them to learn and inform management? (Gary)
  • What methods do we need to answer these questions? (Carlo)
  • What are functions / roles we need about monitoring and evaluation and how should we split them (Sibiry)
Possibly zooming in on either of these in more details later
 [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
Group animators:
Peter Thorne (ILRI)
Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI)
Gary Ender (IFPRI/Abt Associates)
13.00
 Lunch break
14.00
 Draft M&E plan and overall future strategy
Ender presentation - M&E Plan.ppt

  • Presentation of the components of the plan (30')
  • Clarification questions (15')
  • Group work (45'): review the M&E plans (in regional groups) and comment: what's agreed, what's disputed, what's missing
 [C] Jerry Glover (USAid)
[P] Gary Ender (IFPRI/Abt Associates)
[F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
15.30
 Break
16.00
 Reviewing the chart (60')
  • Does it make sense to use this chart to align our activities?
 [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
17.00
 Final impressions for day 2
 [P] Jerry Glover (USAid)
17.15
 Close
Day 3
8.45
 Recap day 2 and program day 3 - one word about:
  • Finalisation of research framework (who? by when?) -> In small groups.
  • Data flow protocol, timelines & responsibilities in research WPs or who sends what to whom? -> In review and planning meetings
  • How to report on FtF indicators in the upcoming report? -> In small groups.
 [C] Carlo Azzarri
9.00
 Coming back to yesterday's discussions: 1) responsibilities, 2) M&E methods/approaches and 3) evaluation questions (see session )
 [P] Gary Ender (IFPRI / Abt Associates)
9.15
 Clarify and vote on evaluation questions
Evaluation Questions for Africa RISING.docx

 [P] Gary Ender
9.45
 Open space - organize your work:
  • How are we going to interact and collaborate on data collection and evaluation design?
  • Timing (e.g. villages, baselines), appointment of M&E coordinators and collection of baselines
  • Treatment sites active by October / mid-November - can we really randomize? / Resolve issue of selection of sites: random or not?
 [C] Jerry Glover (USAid)
10.30
 Break
11.00
 Review sheets and finalize decisions (Open Space slot 2)
 [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
12.00
 M&E next steps:
  • The four years ahead
  • Linking evaluation questions with approaches/methods: Review the degree of realism of the evaluation questions
  • Bringing it all together - what we can/can't do
 [P] Gary Ender, Jerry Glover, Carlo Azzarri, Joseph Rusike.
12.30
 Synthesis of the meeting and concluding remarks
 [C] Jerry Glover (USAid) and participants
13.00
 Close & lunch break
































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